tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
from right to left; in one ear and out the other; nice and quick; with speed and address; without further ado
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to be hot on a person's heels
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
to kill an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; to kill viciously; to victimize; to torment
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
oldest member of a group; longest-serving member
class; heading; group; category
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
immediately; right away; on the spot
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
moat; fosse; trench; underground air-raid shelter; dugout
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
succession; continuation; series; sequence